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Kathy Reakes
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Kathy Reaks has worked as a reporter in the local news business since 1984, starting as a news clerk and working her way up. She spent 17 years at Florida Today in Melbourne, Florida as a general assignment reporter, crime reporter, entertainment reporter and restaurant critic. She worked four years at Hometown News as a general assignment reporter, then another two years at Spacecoast Daily in Cocoa Beach, Florida. She attended Eastern Florida State College in Melbourne, Florida.
Westchester Woman Charged After Dog Bites Neighbor While Running Loose, Police Say
A Westchester County woman turned herself into police after her dog allegedly bit a neighbor while running loose in the neighborhood.
The incident took place around 12:15 p.m., Monday, Oct. 7, when the Yorktown Police Department received a call from a resident of New Chalet Drive that he had been bitten by a dog, said the Yorktown Police.
When officers responded they were told by the resident that a brown-colored Beagle dog, owned by Tara Mann Felman, 39, of Yorktown, had bitten him when he walked outside of his home, police said.
Police applied for a criminal summons and Feldman vol…
Accused Deadly Fentanyl Dealer Nabbed During Stamford Traffic Stop
A 68-year-old city man accused of dealing Fentanyl was nabbed by Stamford Police during a traffic stop.
Frankie "Blue" Moore, 68, of Stamford, was arrested on Thursday, Nov. 7, following a traffic stop by Officer Tim Inverno, said Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin.
According to Conklin, Inverno, a longtime member of the Narcotics and Organized Crime squad, got word on the street that Moore was selling Fentanyl.
When he spotted Moore driving he pulled him over and during a search found nine folds of Fentanyl, stamped with "Takeover," along with a straw with drug residue and $71 in…
Man Charged With DUI After Crash In Greenwich
A Fairfield County man was arrested after allegedly crashing his vehicle while driving drunk.
Roberto Colon Leyva, 33, of Bridgeport, was arrested by Greenwich Police on Friday, Nov. 1, after police responded to a report of a crash, said Greenwich Police Lt. John Slusarz.
When police arrived on the scene of the crash at 124 W. Ritch Ave., they found Leyva had bloodshot, glassy eyes, slurred speech, and smelled of alcohol, Slusarz said.
After admitting to drinking, Leyva was asked to perform the field sobriety tests, which he failed, police said.
He was arrested and charged with driving wi…
Rockland County Sheriff's Office Warrant Sweep Nets Six Arrests
Six people were arrested during an early-morning warrants sweep by the Rockland County Sheriff's Office.
The sweep took around 6 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 2, at more than 30 different addresses in Rockland, Westchester and Orange counties, as well as the Bronx, said Chief William Barbera of the Rockland County Sheriff's Office.
The six were arrested on charges ranging from Family Court offenses to Justice Court misdemeanor charges, to Rockland County Court felonies, Barbera said.
Those arrested included:
Leon Wilfong, 37, of Spring Valley, Family Court charge.
Tristan Weans, 36, Pomona, …
Westchester County Man Arrested Following Joint Drug Investigation
A 28-year-old Westchester County man was arrested following a joint operation into drug sales in the area.
John J. Cox III, 28, of Elmsford, was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 6, following the joint operation by the Greenburgh Police Department’s Street Crime Unit, the Greenburgh Drug and Alcohol Task Force, and the City of New Rochelle Police Department’s Special Investigation’s Unit, Town of Greenburgh Police said.
During a search of his home on Winthrop Avenue, police seized 27 grams of cocaine, 17 plastic twists of crack-cocaine, 100 pills of Oxycodone, 41 pil…
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